BREASTFEEDING KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES AMONG MOTHERS OF CHILDREN UNDER 2 YEARS OF AGE LIVING IN A MILITARY BARRACK IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

Breastfeeding Knowledge and Practices among Mothers of Children under 2 Years of Age Living in a Military Barrack in Southwest Nigeria

Background: Human milk is uniquely superior as read more a source of nutrition for infants, and breastfeeding has many benefits.This study determined the breastfeeding knowledge and practices of women who have children aged 0-2 years living in a Naval Barracks.Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was carried out among 220 women in a Nava

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Resting behavior of Aedes aegypti in southeastern Senegal

Abstract Background Only the sylvatic and zoophilic population of Aedes aegypti was formerly identified in southeastern Senegal.A newly established anthropophilic population was detected in the urban area of the Kedougou city.Because of its new behavior, this species could play a primary role in the transmission of dengue and other arboviruses in t

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The Long-Term Survival of Intracranial Hemorrhage Patients Successfully Weaned from Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

Chienhsiu Huang,1 Jin-cherng Chen2,3 1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Chest Medicine, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan; 2Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan; 3School of Medicine, Tzuchi University, Hualien, TaiwanCorrespondence: Chienhsiu Hua

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Z-ACA allotrope: a topological carbon material with obstructed Wannier charge center, real topology, and hinge states

As the most prevalent read more element on our planet, carbon manifests a wide variety of allotropic phases, significantly contributing to its complex physical properties.Recently, several carbon allotropes have been reported to possess abundant topological phases in theory and experiment.This work focuses on a sp3 carbon allotrope, Z-ACA allotrope

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